Bruno Sanfilippo (born September 13, 1965) is an Argentine pianist and composer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He currently resides in Barcelona, Spain. His sound has been described as an exploration of minimalist piano concepts and electroacoustic music. In 2015, he became one of the main exponents of the LIFEM 2015 festival, specializing in minimalist music.
Biography The artist began playing the piano at a young age, starting with the Pleyel et Cie piano from his parents' home in Buenos Aires. Although Sanfilippo draws inspiration from various genres, in his early years, he was influenced by classical composers such as Erik Satie, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
In 1988, Sanfilippo graduated from the Galvani Conservatory in Buenos Aires with a degree in Musical Composition.
In 2000, the artist left his native Argentina and began his life, and a new chapter of his career, in Barcelona, Spain.
Career In 1998, Sanfilippo started Ad21 music, a personal platform/label responsible for some of his albums except, The Poet, which was signed with 1631 Recordings and Decca Publishing in 2016, and Unity through the Russian label Dronarivm in 2018.
Sanfilippo has participated in concerts and music festivals in both the national and international music scene. This includes performances at the Insolit Music Forum in Barcelona in 2007, the Stalker festival in Tallinn in 2012, the Antara Festival in London in 2013 and the LIFM festival in London in 2015.
The LIFEM 2015, or the London International Festival of Exploratory Music, was an opportunity for Sanfilippo to participate in the Minimalism Unwrapped series with fellow composers, Wim Mertens, Sylvain Chauveau and Greg Haines.
He has been lauded as an "exceptionally refined sound-sculptor" and his work has been compared to Max Richter, Arvo Pärt, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Harold Budd, and many more in the area of contemporary classical.
In pop culture A sample of Sanfilippo's "Ambessence Piano & Drones 1" was used in Canadian rapper Drake's 2013 song "Started from the Bottom".
Discography
Title Album details Suite Patagonia Released: 2000 Label: ad21 Visualia Released: 2003 Label: Neuronium Records Indalo Released: 2004 Label: ad21 Ad Libitum Released: 2004 Label: ad21 Anthology Essence 91-04 Released: 2005 Label: Neuronium Records InTRO Released: 2006 Label: ad21 Piano Textures Released: 2007 Label: ad21 Ambessence Piano & Drones Released: 2008 Label: ad21 Auralspace Released: 2009 Label: ad21 Piano Textures 2 Released: 2009 Label: ad21 Cromo piano & drones Released: 2010 Label: ad21 Subliminal Pulse Released: 2011 Label: Spotted Peccary Bioma Released: 2011 Label: ad21 Urbs Released: 2012 Label: Hypnos Recordings Impromptu EP Released: 2012 Label: ad21 Piano Texture Found EP Released: 2012 Label: Laverna Piano Textures 3 Released: 2012 Label: ad21 ClarOscuro Released: 2014 Label: ad21 Inside Life Released: 2015 Label: ad21 Upon Contact Reworked Released: 2015 Label: ad21 The Poet Released: 2016 Label: 1631Recordings Piano Textures 4 Released: 2016 Label: ad21 Lost & Found Released: 2017 Label: ad21 Unity Released: 2018 Label: Dronarivm InTRO remastered & expanded Released: 2018 Label: ad21 Pianette Released: 2019 Label: ad21
References
Sources Lifem Festival 2015 CutCommon Mag - Inside Life A Closer Listen Peek-a-Boo BRUNO SANFILIPPO, Ten Albums That Changed My Life, ARTICLE review Online
External links Official Bruno Sanfilippo site Facebook Twitter YouTube